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Welcome to this blog about the English Language. My experience as a teacher of EFL for secondary students has provoked the creation of this blog. It will include extraordinary and useful resources for teachers and students of the foreign language. The language used in the blog will be the English language, and feel free to add any comment or contribution. Thank you!

as cool as a cucumber

To be very relaxed and calm in a particular situationThe Swedish tennis player Bjorn Borg was known for always being as cool as a cucumber on court. He never looked nervous or stressed.

not my cup of tea

Something is not to your taste.Beach holidays are not my cup of tea: I much prefer going sightseeing in cities.

don’t put all your eggs in one basket

Spread your risks; don’t depend on one thingDon’t put all your eggs in one basket by investing all your money in one company. Invest smaller amounts in several companies.

take something with a pinch of salt

Don’t automatically believe something / Don’t immediately assume that someone is telling the truth.You should take what she says with a pinch of salt – she’s always exaggerating.

a bad egg

Someone who is often in trouble and is not to be trustedMy mum says that John Smith is a bad egg and she doesn’t want me to be his friend. She says he’ll get me in trouble.

have your cake and eat it

You can’t always have everything / you can’t have two opposing things or situations.Mike loves his easy part-time job and all the free time he has, but he says he wants to be rich and successful. He can’t have his cake and eat it – if he wants more money he’ll have to get a full-time job.

the apple of my eye

To love and adore someone.My daughter is the apple of my eye.

cheesy

To be kitsch and / or without styleThat film was so predictable and unoriginal – it was just a cheesy love story.

to butter someone up

To be especially nice to someone or give someone something in order to get what you want.She doesn’t usually speak to me but yesterday she was buttering me up after she heard I had been promoted to a higher position at the company.

in a nutshell

Basically / to summarise.He’s selfish, greedy and impolite. In a nutshell, he’s horrible.

American & English Tv Series and Movies

Pictures of the world

Quotation of the Day

SOME PEOPLE NEVER LEARN ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING TOO FAST. (E.A.Poe)

Thanks to my followers and the people who visit this blog, these lines are for you:

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.Amos Bronson AlcottTeachers open the door. You enter by yourself.Chinese ProverbGood teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.Gail GodwinFor every person who wants to teach there are approximately thirty people who don't want to learn--much.W. C. Sellar